KMK Ranked #1 in Cincinnati by Best Lawyers in America; 25 KMK Attorneys Selected for Inclusion

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK) is ranked #1 in Cincinnati in the 2009 Best Lawyers in America^® in the fields of Corporate, Land Use & Zoning, Municipal and Real Estate Law. This is the second consecutive year that KMK ranked #1 in Cincinnati in Corporate Law.

Twenty-five attorneys from KMK were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009. Each lawyer is listed below with the practice area for which they are recognized:

Brian M. Babb, Partner – Environmental Law
James E. Burke, Partner – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
Robert E. Coletti, Partner – Corporate Law
Paul D. Dorger, Partner – Labor and Employment Law
Alan S. Fershtman, Partner – Tax Law
Louis F. Gilligan, Partner – Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Stephen M. Goodson, Partner – Employee Benefits Law
Patricia B. Hogan, Partner – Intellectual Property Law
Kevin E. Irwin, Partner – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
William J. Keating, Jr., Partner – Corporate Law
Donald P. Klekamp, Senior Partner – Corporate Law
Gary P. Kreider, Partner – Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Kenneth P. Kreider, Partner – Real Estate Law
Timothy B. Matthews, Of Counsel – Banking Law
Robert W. Maxwell II, Partner – Labor and Employment Law
David K. Montgomery, Partner – Labor and Employment Law
Paul V. Muething, Managing Partner – Corporate Law, Securities Law
Robert G. Sanker, Partner – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Mark E. Sims, Partner – Tax Law
Richard D. Spoor, Partner – Municipal Law
Edward E. Steiner, Partner – Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Joseph L. Trauth, Jr., Partner – Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Gregory M. Utter, Partner – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation
Mark J. Weber, Partner – Real Estate Law
Herbert B. Weiss, Partner – Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law

KMK’s Corporate Group handles business law matters for all types and sizes of business organizations, including public and private corporations, limited and general partnerships, limited liability companies and sole proprietorships. KMK lawyers frequently serve as outside general counsel to clients and also serve as special counsel for specific needs or projects. The group offers business formation and counseling services, mergers and acquisitions services, and counsel on joint ventures, franchising and other business expansion alternatives. They have decades of experience in private placements and public offerings and all aspects of securities regulations compliance. With a total of seven attorneys listed, The Best Lawyers in America 2009 ranked KMK #1 in Cincinnati in Corporate Law.

KMK’s Land Use & Zoning lawyers are attuned to the nuances of zoning in the region. They assist with governmental land-use regulation, including zoning codes, applications to change zoning regulations, building codes, eminent domain and regulatory takings. They handle complex litigation involving state, county, township and municipal legislative and administrative regulations including zoning litigation and eminent domain. They offer assistance with historic preservation and other special land use overlay issues and they provide assistance with governmental and public utility easements. They also have experience litigating cases in trial court, appellate court and in the Ohio Supreme Court. KMK partner, Joseph L. Trauth, Jr., was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 in the area of Land Use & Zoning Law. The Best Lawyers in America 2009 ranked KMK #1 in Cincinnati in Land Use & Zoning Law.

KMK’s Municipal lawyers handle all aspects of public finance involving traditional issuers of municipal securities such as state agencies, cities, counties, townships, schools, colleges and universities as well as special districts such as port authorities and utility (water and sewer) districts in both Ohio and Kentucky. They also serve as underwriters or placement agent counsel, letter of credit bank counsel and bond counsel for taxable variable rate note issues. KMK partner, Richard D. Spoor, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 in the area of Municipal Law. The Best Lawyers in America 2009 ranked KMK #1 in Cincinnati in Municipal Law.

KMK’s Real Estate Group is comprised of a cross-section of attorneys with collective experience in all aspects of real property law including development, leasing and transactional work, zoning and land use, sales and acquisitions, real estate taxation, project finance, public assisted finance, environmental issues, economic development and government affairs. With a total of four attorneys listed, The Best Lawyers in America 2009 ranked KMK #1 in Cincinnati in Real Estate Law.

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About The Best Lawyers in America

The 2009 edition is the 15th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 26,500 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

About Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

The law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp, based in Cincinnati, was founded in 1954. KMK has approximately 110 lawyers and a support staff of more than 150 employees. For more than 50 years, KMK has contributed to the success of many businesses from Fortune 500 corporations to small start-up companies. Their mission is to provide high quality legal counsel to business clients by meeting their identified needs and developing appropriate solutions. KMK’s vision is to excel as a law firm by recruiting and retaining the highest quality attorneys and personnel with diverse social, ethnic and political backgrounds.